The shooting on a closed U.S. 17 bridge near the Georgia line ended a pursuit from the south side of the county were a Kangaroo store was robbed about 11:10 p.m. by a man with a shotgun, Leeper said.

Donnie McCoy Carroll was shot in the hand and shoulder and is expected to be released from UF Health Jacksonville Friday. Two other people in the car, 18-year-old Damonique Trevon Gaddist and 15-year-old reported runaway Katelyn Marie Austin, were taken into custody.

Leeper said Gaddist has been identified as the man in the robbery at U.S. 17 and Harts Road who then got into a white pickup truck that fled north.

Sgt. Jeff Stull was at U.S. 17 and Florida A1A and spotted the truck speeding north through the intersection but was unable to stop its travel. Father north, Deputy Dallas Palecek, who was working an off-duty job at a road construction site at U.S. 17 and Interstate 95, cleared workers before the truck passed, hitting barriers in its path.

The two were joined by Deputy Mark Hunter and were following the truck when it arrived at the closed U.S. 17 bridge over the St. Marys River.

Leeper said Carroll turned the truck around and drove toward Palecek, who opened fire with his service rifle. The other deputies also fired at the truck. The three people in the truck jumped out and ran into the woods but were apprehended.

Leeper said Gaddist told investigators that Carroll fired a round from the shotgun at the deputies during the chase. The shotgun and a spent shell were recovered from inside the vehicle.

All three suspects are from Ridgeville, S.C. The two men are wanted on armed-robbery charges in Dorchester County, S.C. The white Ford pickup was reported stolen in Greensboro, N.C.

This week’s charges for Carroll are accessory after the fact in the armed robbery, fleeing and eluding, grand theft of motor vehicle and aggravated assault on law enforcement officer with motor vehicle. Gaddist is charged with armed robbery, grand theft of motor vehicle and petty theft. Austin is charge with accessory after the fact.

It is the second police-involved shooting by Nassau County deputies this year.

On Feb. 10, Anthony Bartley, 21, was shot and killed after attacking a deputy while being questioned about a person attempting to break into homes and vehicles in the North Hampton subdivision.

Thursday, Leeper said the actions of the deputies following the convenience store robbery appeared to be proper.